Today.Life is precious.
Life is a gift.
Today would have been a birthday.
My husbands 37th.

Birthday.
A celebration of the day life begins.
When it enters the world.
New, fresh, and full of promise.
A day to reflect.
A day to love.
A day to rejoice.

Life.
How quickly it can change.
In an instant.
Forever.
We don't think about life nearly enough.
Until it's gone.
Then we miss it.
Then we mourn it.
We would give everything we have just to get it back.
If even for a day.
Or even for a moment.
Once again.

One.
We only get one.
One life.
We should value it while we have it.
We don't know where it will take us.
So how to live it?
Boldly.
Fearlessly.
Without regret.
We don't know how much of this gift we have to enjoy.

His birthday.
A celebration.
Of the beginning of his life.
Of every day the world was blessed with his presence.
Of who he was.
Of how much we love him.
Of every moment we had with him.

Celebrate.
We honor him by celebrating life.
By opening the gift of it every single morning.
Cherishing it every day.
Though life is but a vapor
Each life doesn't have to be a whisper.
It can make waves.
That resonate.
No matter the course of it.
No matter the length of it.
We will live ours with all we have.
Until we have none left.

We honor his.
We value ours.
We live this life.
Truly, live.
For we all have only one.

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Ellis Update: Today was a hard morning, guys. We got to the hospital & things just felt all wrong. I don’t know how to explain it other than that. Then the anesthesiologist had issues with some secretions Ellis was having that we were told amplified her risk during the surgery while under anesthesia. Given the past things we’ve walked through, we just decided it wasn’t a risk we were at all willing to take. So we made the decision to go home, re-group & do the surgery another day. Since the surgery is elective we had our medical teams full support in this decision. We are home now & doing well. This wasn’t an easy decision to make. For months we’ve prepared mentally, emotionally, schedule-wise, financially etc for this day. But we have to be lead by peace. And if those giving her medical care also weren’t completely at peace, it just wasn’t the right time, for whatever reason. I don’t always understand the “why” but I won’t always & I’m ok with that. We appreciate your prayers & promise to keep you informed of when her surgery will be in the coming months. Also, the day wasn’t a complete loss...Ellis did get to hang with the cute hospital dog-so at least that part was a win ☺️ Looking for some kind of humor-it’s been a rough day.

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